by Erica Ray | Jul 23, 2024 | Learn Spanish, Strategies to Learn Spanish
There are more options out there for learning Spanish than ever before. And yet it seems like people are struggling with the task more than ever before. Why is this? It has to do with FOCUS. With so many options out there for learning Spanish, knowing what...
by Erica Ray | Jul 13, 2024 | Learn Spanish, Strategies to Learn Spanish
There’s no getting around the fact that if you want to learn to speak Spanish well, you have to actually practice speaking it. While input (listening and reading) is essential, it’s not enough to turn you into a confident and competent speaker of the...
by Erica Ray | Dec 10, 2019 | Learn Spanish, Strategies to Learn Spanish
Do you want to sound more like a native Spanish-speaker? You may be surprised to know that learning how to pronounce the Spanish vowel sounds properly will get you 80% closer to sounding like a native speaker. When we think of speaking like a native Spanish-speaker,...
by Erica Ray | Aug 30, 2019 | Learn Spanish, Strategies to Learn Spanish
We’ve all heard it before. “Kids are masters at learning a new language.” “Past the age of 12 (or 10…or 5!) it’s much harder to develop native-level fluency.” “A baby’s brain can easily pick up 3-5 languages at one time.” And you’ve wondered, “Is it too late for me?”...
by Erica Ray | Jul 16, 2019 | Learn Spanish, Strategies to Learn Spanish
Spanish holds the #2 spot for the language with the largest number of native speakers worldwide and is the official language of 21 countries. With an estimated 41 million native Spanish speakers in the United States, it’s not hard to understand why so many who...
